Sorenson stated there
would be the ratification of the agreement with the Lane County Prosecuting
Attorneys Association and approving non-representative employees and retirees.
He said they would be under 12. a. and b. He noted 14. a. will be taken up after
public comment.

2. PUBLIC COMMENTS

James Harrange, 86451
Needham Rd., stated he is a neighbor of Jim Gillette and he has a different
point of view. He presented an open letter to the Board concerning the Gillette
property. He noted that 45 neighbors had signed the letter. He said they
requested that Gillette make use of his property in compliance with County
ordinances and regulations.

Mona Lindstromberg,
87140 Territorial Rd, Veneta, commented on long range planning. She hoped the
Board would review the cell phone tower ordinances. She said the Board needed to
be proactive for waterways. She also suggested greater setbacks.

Aimee Code, 445 Jackson,
Eugene, spoke about the herbicide ordinance. She noted the current policy is
good and succeeded in limiting herbicide use but it hit its peak and stopped
progressing while technology continued to advance to effectively manage roadside
spraying. She thought the ordinance today brings closer the goals of reducing
the risk to public health while managing the roadsides, minimizing toxics in the
water and beautifying the road with beneficial native plants. She hoped the
Board would vote in support of the ordinance.

Jim Gillette, 86340
Needham Road, addressed the letter that was turned in by his neighbors. He
commented that most people who signed the petition didn’t adjoin his property.

Green commented that
line 3, second page, stated that Gillette had repeatedly disregarded the codes
of Lane County. He concurred with that. He said the County has to make sure this
activity does not exist illegally.

Lininger thought the
letter was reasonable. He thought Gillette was entitled to a letter that
outlines the way he is violating land use laws. He commented that Gillette was
currently violating land use laws.

Gillette stated he never
had a chance to have a hearing.

John Sundquist, 31139
Lanes Turn Road, Coburg, stated he supported Dwyer’s version of the last
resort ordinance.

Dick Anderson, 84435
Highway 101, urged the Board to take a position opposing the proposed casino in
Florence. He hoped the Board would come to the same conclusion after they
studied the problem. He stated that if the casino were built, there would be a
300% increase in traffic and that Highway 126 is already dangerous. He said the
users of the casino don’t pay property taxes and he commented they would
compete unfairly with the motels in town that have to pay taxes. He thought the
casino would damage the economy.

Mary Moffat, 88197
Nelson Mountain Road, Walton, appreciated the Board’s progress in reducing
chemicals. She stated she is involved in the study of herbicides and pesticides.
She said it was the citizens right to protect children and the environment.

Kathy Ging, 2878 Harris
St., Eugene, was concerned about the negative impact on the effects of spraying.
She commented the legal liability is not for protecting citizen’s health.

Robert Donohue, 778
Irvington, Santa Clara, stated he was sprayed 10 years ago with herbicides that
were used in the County. He supported cutting down on the herbicide program.

3. EMERGENCY
BUSINESS

None.

4. COMMISSIONERS'
REMONSTRANCE

None.

5. RESOLUTIONS

a. RESOLUTION AND ORDER 03-7-30-1/In
the Matter of Proclaiming August 2003 as Breastfeeding Support Month and
Proclaiming the Week of August 1, 2003 as Breastfeeding Week in Lane County.

Tony Bieda,
Intergovernmental Relations Manager, reported the OTIAIII funding passed the
legislature and was signed into law by the governor. He noted it was a
combination of increases in titling, vehicle registration fees and other fees at
the DMV starting January 1. He said the increases would go toward paying for a
combination of maintenance and preservation projects across the state, for
bridge improvements and modernization. He noted for this fiscal year, the
pro-rated amount of the proceeds would be a minimum of three months.

Tom Stinchfield, Public
Works, indicated the amount would be about $1.4 million to Lane County for
maintenance and preservation. He discussed the different options (copy in file).

Lininger asked what the
distribution formula would be.

Ollie Snowden, Public
Works, responded it was road miles. He said if they stick with road miles, it
favors the smaller cities, if they moved exclusively to population, it favors
Eugene and Springfield. He thought a split would be reasonable. He noted the big
issues are whether or not to continue with the base payment. He noted the
current base payment is $35,000 per city. He said in taking the new increment,
they could either leave the base payment, or increase it for the small cities.
He added the larger cities thought the payment should be incremental.

Dwyer commented that if
the state had intended for the cities to get all of the monies, it would have
been given to them. He was willing to talk to the cities on working together but
he wasn’t willing to put on hold a tax. He said the tax repeal would come
first. He wasn’t willing to have a discussion about utilizing any more of the
County’s revenue or new money as long as the transportation utility fee
remains on the books.

Sorenson suggested
reviewing this and not taking action at this time. He suggested bringing this
back in three weeks.

b. PRESENTATION/East
Lane Commissioner Candidate Presentations.

Green indicated he sent
the Board an e-mail suggesting going from 16 applicants to a number that would
be fair so they don’t rush through the interview process. He suggested having
up to two candidates per commissioner that would move it to 10 applicants at a
maximum.

Lininger supported Green’s
suggestion.

Lininger recommended Al
King.

Green recommended Gordon
Howard..

Sorenson recommended
Martha Roberts.

Dwyer recommended
Joachim Schulz.

Morrison recommended
Gary Williams.

Lininger recommended
Mike Dean.

Sorenson recommended Don
Hampton.

Sorenson explained that
the Board was going to ask each applicant to come in 15 minutes before their
scheduled time. They will start at 9:00 a.m. and have an hour per candidate,
including a five-minute introduction. He said there would be questions by
sequence of districts up to 10 minutes per commissioner for interaction with the
candidate and at the conclusion they will ask the applicant to summarize and
review the 10 questions asked on the application.

c. PRESENTATION/Auditor
Work Plan.

Kay Blackburn, Internal
Auditor, reported she was developing her work plan for the current fiscal year.
She asked for input from the Management Team about the projects on her list. She
gave the Board a list of projects to prioritize. She asked the Board to return
the list to her within the next two weeks.

7. COUNTY
ADMINISTRATION

a. Announcements

None.

8. PUBLIC WORKS

a. REPORT/Casino-Hatch
Tract Near Florence.

Bieda reported the
decision was made by the governor’s office in the last 10 days to not appeal a
federal district court decision that the Secretary of the Interior had acted
within her authority when she decided to grant restored land status to the Hatch
Tract to make it eligible under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act for a site for
a casino. He said because the state is a key player in regulating Indian gaming
in Oregon, they have a role to play in how local governments get their concerns
on the table. He noted the prior administration did execute a gaming compact
with the tribes that will operate the casino. He said the compact provides 60
pages of rules and regulations and expectations in which the concerns could be
vetted. He said if there are additional issues of local concern by either county
or city governments, those issues would have to be brought through the state
through the executive departments. He added that if they are appropriate, they
could be developed as amendments to the compact and negotiated with the tribe
subsequent to their being identified. He said it was an opportunity for Lane
County to work jointly with the City of Florence to develop a list of issues of
local concern that could be brought back for review by the Board of
Commissioners and the Florence City Council and conveyed to the governor’s
office for potential inclusion in amendments to the compact.

Bill Morgan, ODOT, noted
that tomorrow there would be a follow up meeting with ODOT, the City of Florence
and a tribal member, representing the engineering portion to further discuss the
project. He said they would be discussing the trip generation. He noted that
Highway 126 would be looking at any proposed access to the roadway. He said the
City of Florence, Lane County and ODOT would review the area to evaluate it. He
added that ODOT would take a lead role.

Morrison stated she went
through the compact and once the decision was made that there was not going to
be a future appeal, she thought they should be proactive. She noted there were
only ten pages that have any bearing on what involvement they could have. She
said it wasn’t Lane County’s decision to make, but whether the state would
allow Lane County to be there. She commented she had been disappointed regarding
the state, the city and the tribe regarding the confusion and the information
that had been shared had not always been truthful or factual. She thought by
everyone being at the table at one time, there would be no agreements that the
others did not know about. She said the state was receptive to that. She thought
it would be in late fall. She thought Lane County could have input regarding the
economic development fund. She said they need comparables regarding traffic. She
thought there would be a win-win for everyone. She thought there would be an
amendment to the compact with the state where anything with the County and the
City would be done through a memorandum of understanding. She stated she was
never a supporter of the casino and will never be.

Green thought it would
be in Lane County’s best interest to have Morrison included in any of the
talks, especially at the high level.

MOTION: to have
Morrison present at meetings regarding the casino.

Dwyer requested that any
substantive decision where County approval is required needs to go back to the
Board.

Morrison noted the list
submitted would have to be approved by the Board of Commissioners to take to the
table.

Dwyer resented the
process. He stated in Section 22 it stated that the legislature shall not
authorize and shall prohibit casino style gaming in Oregon and the governor used
the fact that Oregon had a scratch off type of lottery. He thought that gambling
preyed on the weak. He would rather see the tribe go into a legitimate business.
He thought Morrison and the community needed to be involved and they need to
find a way to appeal the governor’s decision.

Morrison requested a
letter of support.

Dwyer wanted to
re-affirm Lane County’s opposition.

MOTION: to reaffirm
the original resolution as a statement to the community in Florence that the
Board of Commissioners found it offensive.

Dwyer MOVED, Morrison
SECONDED.

Morrison said they could
bring this back August 12 and have the resolution in front of them.

MOTION: to direct
the Intergovernmental Relations Manager to draft a letter for board approval to
have the governor appoint West Lane County Commissioner Anna Morrison to an
informal working group to represent Lane County.

Green MOVED, Lininger
SECONDED.

VOTE: 5-0.

Morrison stated she
would take the draft letter and a copy of the resolution the Board passed in
1992 and put them together.

b. REPORT BACK/Reviewing
and Approving the Long Range Planning Work Program and Implementation Plan (NBA
& PM 5/6/03).

Kent Howe, Land
Management, explained they were adding three positions at the recommendation of
the Land Management Task Force. He noted they were being added to the Long Range
Planning Program. He commented that one FTE would be devoted to periodic review
and one for staff support in the metro long range planning project. He noted
that would take care of two of the four positions that would be in the long
range planning program and the city and e-government access would comprise
another FTE. He also wanted to reserve a .5 FTE position for things that were
unknown. He reviewed the attachments. (Copy in file).

Morrison thought the
first priority is that they take care of all the plan amendments that people had
been waiting for almost two years. She said people have paid money to do a
specific task but the County had not accomplished that. She supported this if
they could take care of the amendments and start delegating people to do other
work.

Howe agreed with
Morrison. With regard to the telecommunications ordinance, he commented the
process was important for citizens to feel that they had been heard. He thought
the telecommunications revisions could be done within six months. He added it
was going through the public process and adoption by the Board. He noted there
are three areas with the telecommunication limits they plan to work on. He noted
one issue had arisen on the notice provisions when the tower happens to be on
federal forestland. He said that notice is required to adjacent property owners.
He added another aspect deals with signature of the owner of the property. He
added the third area was notice to the community groups and the peer review.

Morrison was cautious
about spending Title III money for long range planning.

Lininger thought they
only had .5 FTE to work with. He recommended working on the library district,
Region 2050 and parks and open space, which adds up to .7 FTE. He added if an
FTE had to be added, he suggested taking it from the bottom of the list.

Green recommended on the
Matrix Check list, page 3 that the West Eugene Parkway be taken off.

Morrison asked what
would happen if video lottery funds are not available.

Howe responded that they
diversified the funding revenues that support the long range planning program,
title recording fees, and road funds. He noted those funding sources would
provide adequate funding for certainty with three of the long range planning
positions and one position they are holding off on until the legislature
finishes.

Morrison wanted to put
the projects on hold until such time as they get all of the applications that
people had already paid for.

Green asked what the
backlog level was.

Howe noted the current
Planning Department is half of the planning program and the other half with long
range planning. Under the current planning program the resources have taken a
downturn in the economy and staff resources, but the Board direction was to
maintain customer service and keep the front counter open. He noted that they
have had to pull staff from processing applications to keeping the front counter
open and that has cast resources from processing applications inadequate to keep
up with the demand. He added the backlog is starting to be taken care of
irrespective to long range planning. He noted within a two to three month period
the backlog would be taken care of.

Green requested an
action plan for the next 90 days to be submitted to the Board to show what had
been accomplished within the past 90 days. He wanted to see how the backlog was
adjusted, how they decreased the workload by which means and which source.

Howe reiterated the
follow up would be that as they hire additional staff, they would start
allocating them towards the projects. He noted the first position that would
come on would start in the metro small city area. He added as the next position
comes on, (at the end of the legislation session), they would start addressing
the list of projects on the second page of the checklist.

Snowden wanted Howe to
give the Board exactly what the work program is so there is a clear
understanding of what is on the table for him. He wanted to work with Jeff
Towery to come back to the Board for periodic reports and progress on these
items.

c. ORDER 03-7-30-2/In
the Matter of Increasing a Land Management Technician Position from 0.8 FTE to
1.0 FTE and Increasing the Public Works General Fund FTE from 31.6 to 31.8
Effective August 1, 2003.

Howe explained this is a
Land Management technician position that exists in the administration section
that has been vacated due to a promotion. He said it is currently at a .8 FTE
and this is a request to move it to a full FTE.

Green MOVED, Lininger
SECONDED.

VOTE: 4-0 (Dwyer
excused).

9. CONSENT CALENDAR

A. Approval of Minutes:

April 8, 2003, Work
Session, 9:00 a.m.

B. Assessment and
Taxation

1) ORDER 03-7-30-3/In
the Matter of a Refund to Foster Foods of Oregon, Inc. in the Amount of
$12,215.69.

2) ORDER 03-7-30-4/In
the Matter of a Refund to Vivendi-Universal Interactive, Inc. in the Amount of
$12,971.11.

3) ORDER 03-7-30-5/In
the Matter of a Refund to Eugene Tower Associates in the Amount of $57,562.29.

C. Children and Families

1) ORDER 03-7-30-6/In
the Matter of Delegating Authority to the County Administrative Officer to
Execute the Oregon Commission on Children and Families Intergovernmental
Agreement in the Amount of $428,601.

2) ORDER 03-7-30-7/In
the Matter of Delegating Authority to the County Administrative Officer to
Execute the Oregon Commission on Children and Families Healthy Start - Medicaid
Administrative Activities 2003-2005 County Intergovernmental Agreement Not to
Exceed $705,000.

D. Public Safety

1) ORDER 03-7-30-8/In
the Matter of Ratifying the Amendment No. Two (2) Cooperative Agreement with the
U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Region, Law
Enforcement and Investigations to Enhance State and Local Law Enforcement on
National Forest System Lands.

E. Public Works

1) ORDER TO DENY/Denial
of Proposed Withdrawal of County Road Status (But Not the Public Road Status)
From a Portion of Duncan Island Road (County Road Number 1357) Which Lies
Between the Siuslaw River and the Duncan Slough, Approximately One Mile
Southwest of its Connection with Bernhardt Creek Road, and Being Located in
Section 15, Township 18 South, Range 11 West of the Willamette Meridian
(18-11-15). (NBA & PM 5/8/02, 6/26/02, 8/14/02, 8/21/02 & 6/25/03)

2) ORDER 03-7-30-9/In
the Matter of Adopting Policy Statements for Code Enforcement Guiding Principles
and Philosophy and Priorities for Code Enforcement as Recommended by the Land
Management Task Force.

F. Workforce Partnership

1) ORDER 03-7-30-10/In
the Matter of Appropriating $273,919 of Revenue and Expense Authority in Fund
249 and Adding 1.0 FTE Employment Specialist II Position in the Workforce
Partnership Department.

MOTION: to approve
the Consent Calendar.

Green MOVED, Lininger
SECONDED.

VOTE: 4-0 (Dwyer
excused).

10. COUNTY COUNSEL

a. ORDER 03-7-30-11/In
the Matter of Approving the Request of Heceta Water District for a Temporary
Waiver of the One Million Gallon per Day Limit on Water Withdrawals from Clear
Lake.

Vorhes reported he
received a letter from the City of Florence and the Heceta Water District
conveying the City of Florence’s request for the Heceta Water District to be
able to draw more than one million gallons per day out of Clear Lake to provide
water to the City of Florence. He noted that the Heceta Water District built a
new filtration system for 1,250,000 gallons per day. He noted they are using the
easement that Lane County granted to them. He said they need a wavier from the
County to exceed the limitation of the easement. He said they contacted Aaron
Jones on his easement and he will allow them to continue for this summer to give
as much as they can to the City of Florence.

MOTION: to approve
ORDER 03-7-30-11.

Morrison MOVED, Green
SECONDED.

VOTE: 4-0.

11. HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES

a. ORDER 03-7-30-12/In
the Matter of Creating a Classification and Salary Range for Environmental
Health Supervisor.

Cindy Tofflemoyer,
Management Services, reported this is a board order to create an environment
health supervisor classification and salary range. She noted the public health
engineering classification has been used in Health and Human Services since the
split of environmental health into facilities inspection and subsurface
sanitation. She said that Human Resources determined that over time the scope of
the classification has broadened from restaurant and pool inspection and will
have more responsibility in environmental health policies and procedures with
the additions of animal bites and food borne disease responses, bioterrorism
preparedness and planning and program budget oversight. She added internally the
range is comparable with the mental health supervisor, corrections health nurses
supervisor and public health nursing supervisor classification. She recommended
approval of this order.

MOTION: to approve
ORDER 03-7-30-12

Green MOVED, Morrison
SECONDED.

VOTE: 4-0 (Dwyer
excused).

12. MANAGEMENT
SERVICES

a. ORDER 03-7-30-13/In
the Matter of Approving Benefit Changes for Non-Representative Employees.

Greta Utecht, Management
Services, reported they ratified four contracts: AFSCME, 626, Admin Pro and
Prosecuting Attorneys. She said all of the groups had made changes in the
benefit provisions from what is being granted by the County. She explained this
would make similar changes for non-represented employees. She took this proposal
to the department directors and they had a discussion about it. She noted there
was approval that this was the way to go. She explained that the deductible for
health insurance would go from $75 to $100, the out of pocket would go to
$1,500. She noted that non-represented employees would have a three tier drug
formulary that is $15, 30 or 35 co-pay, based upon the type of drug that is
prescribed. She noted the advantage to the three tier formulary is that it
includes the by mail provision and if people are on maintenance drugs, they
could get three months of a prescription for a two month co-pay. She said the
directors recommended that time management sales for non-represented employees
be restricted to 70 hours for next year. She noted that small restriction would
allow enough savings to delete the three-year wait period between Step 11 and
Step 12 on the compensation plan. She recommended approval of the order.

MOTION: to approve
ORDER 03-7-30-13.

Morrison MOVED, Green
SECONDED.

VOTE: 4-0.

b. ORDER 03-7-30-15/In
the Matter of Ratifying the Tentative Agreement Between Lane County and the Lane
County Prosecuting Attorneys' Association.

Utecht stated she had
been negotiating with the president of the Prosecuting Attorneys Association in
an attempt to reach an agreement that would achieve the savings established by
the budget committee for the employees in the general fund. She noted the
prosecuting attorneys’ savings goal was approximately $18,000. She said this
contract would change their health benefit package, would increase the
deductible to $100 per month, with the total out of pocket remaining at $1,000,
but the attorneys would also adopt the three tiered drug formulary of $10, $20
and $25. She said they had proposed to limit their sale of time management to no
more than 40 hours, with the total savings exceeding $18,000. She noted with the
additional savings, they are proposing that they each receive a savings refund
of $80 per month per member. She added the other provision in the contract that
is different is that the County agrees to undertake a classification and
compensation analysis and use the four counties of Marion, Clackamas, Multnomah
and Washington as comparables. She noted any changes would move it from a 12
step to a 7-step system. She indicated they would have two units on seven steps
systems and the rest of the County on 12 step systems. She thought this was a
benefit to the association and the County.

MOTION: to approve
ORDER 03-7-30-15.

Green MOVED, Lininger
SECONDED.

VOTE: 4-0 (Dwyer
excused).

There being no further
business, Commissioner Sorenson recessed the meeting at 12:15 p.m.